This is not a good song: What was billed as the first movie to be officially premiered online burst into life this week for just a few frames before the computers crashed. About 75,000 people logged on to see the low-budget British film This is Not a Love Song from Full Monty writer Simon Beaufoy. You might have more luck when the ticket lines are thinner.
Closing a chapter: An organisation for American museums this week launched an online registry of art objects to speed the return of 6000 paintings, drawings and sculptures seized during the Nazi era. The site calls for the return of assets the Nazis plundered from Holocaust victims and others to their owners.
Down on the farm: Budding farmers who want to understand what it means to work in the dairying industry can now go to Let's Talk Dairying. It includes a step-by-step guide to changing your career to become a farmer.
High-tech running: The BMW Auckland Marathon, on November 2, is saving trees by encouraging online registrations, with an entry discount. Within a few days of the event, runners and walkers can have their results texted to their cellphones, can view and buy photos of themselves and print out their certificates online.
The worm returns: The FBI seems to have had an easy job catching the 18-year-old accused of letting lose a variation of the Blaster worm. The court documents on the case are at The Smoking Gun and show how the FBI traced back the worm to the lad's computers and website.
This is Not a Love Song
The Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal Project
Let's Talk Dairying
The BMW Auckland Marathon
The Smoking Gun
Web Week
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